{"airworthiness_class":"Experimental","airworthiness_date":"2009-02-16","airworthiness_ops":"Amateur built","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2021-12-20","city":"GAUTIER","country_code":"US","county_code":"059","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"34802","engine_horsepower":120,"engine_maker":"JABIRU","engine_model":"3300","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2028-12-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":0,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"piston-singles","kit_mfr":"SONEX AIRCRAFT LLC","kit_model":"SONEX","last_action_date":"2023-07-01","maker":"Riekert Louis A","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"RIEKERT LOUIS A","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"05627CO","mode_s_code":"50546254","mode_s_hex":"A2CCAC","model":"SONEX","n_number":"N28LR","name":"STEVENS HAROLD D JR","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"NEWHALL","damage":"DEST","date":"1989-06-22","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"LAX89FA225","probable_cause":"FUEL CONTAMINATION, DUE TO THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM, AND INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE. A RELATED FACTOR WAS:  INADEQUATE TRANSITION TRAINING.","registration":"N28LR","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on June 22, 1989 at Newhall, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal).","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N28LR is a Riekert Louis A SONEX, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine, built in 2008. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gautier, Mississippi. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 20, 2021 and expires on December 31, 2028. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated February 16, 2009.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Stevens Harold D JR, an individual, certificate issued December 20, 2021, expires December 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated February 16, 2009, consistent with the 2008 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0902 for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N28LR was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Socata TB21 (serial 812, cancelled December 5, 1991). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N28LR: Accident on June 22, 1989 at Newhall, CA: fatal, destroyed (4 fatal). Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Southwestern","region_code":"2","registrant_type":"Individual","registrant_type_code":"1","seats":2,"serial_number":"0902","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"MS","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"8125 MEADOWDALE DR","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Fixed-wing, single engine","type_aircraft_code":"4","type_engine":"Piston (reciprocating)","type_engine_code":"1","unique_id":"01012157","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N28LR","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":2008,"zip":"395532701"}